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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dementia causes changes in personality including confusion, anxiety, and anger.

Just as we take car keys away from seniors who should no longer be driving, we need to take guns away from seniors too.[/quote]

Could be dementia, but the availability of a gun nearby is a key factor too.

Also, a similar incident happened in upstate NY (several posters have provided link to story) and that shooter was mid-60s, so is that dementia too?  That guy shot at a car coming up his driveway around 10pm at night. The people in the car had gone to the wrong house. A young woman was killed.  It's the guns + paranoia/fear fueled by Fox etc.[/quote] It’s being fueled by actual crime. Bougie suburbs outside of Hartford are having an issue with stolen cars and carjacking. Because there is no real fear of prosecution, criminals have expanded outward. People don’t feel safe anymore.[/quote]

Im not trying to minimize stolen cars but honestly, Id rather live with an increased risk of my car getting stolen versus my black son being shot for daring to exist. As far as people not feeling safe anymore, if this is the bar we are setting: whether you "feel" safe, then explain to me why every female walking alone at night isn't firing shots at every person who comes her way. Or stabbing any guy who gets to close at a party. Or the neighborhood watch party shooting at any person driving in the neighborhood at night with a car you don't recognize. Better let all the neighbors know grandma in her Buick is coming to visit tonight or shes getting popped.

Those all sound ridiculous. And yet...
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It's not a tradeoff - it is cause and effect.  Violent crime is coming into formerly "safe" neighborhoods in larger and larger numbers.  People feel less safe because of increased crime, AND police are suffering monumental shortages.  The only remedy people feel they have left is self-help.  I used to be very anti-gun-in-the-home and more and more I have thought about purchasing a gun and learning how to use it properly.  I haven't taken that step, but when I replaced my windows, I upgraded to security windows, and I'm now purchasing an alarm system where I have never considered having one before.  I do nightly security checks and subscribe to my local police newsfeed, which regularly has anti-crime tips.  I have never felt vulnerable like this before - I feel like a target now all the time.  [/quote]

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